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Adapting Family Farms for a New Ecomony
I met about 150 women yesterday at a collective meeting of all the garden clubs around Concord, NC. The day was a filled with real plant lovers. Not only did they buy up a ton of crinum bulbs but more importantly, this group of women have collectively raised and distributed over $50,000 in the past…
Read MoreSleeping Students, Dog Penis Fungi & More from Intern Isaac
I was teaching a college level class the other day when one fella rolled up his jacket, made a pillow, took some sleep supplements, and went right to sleep. I thought, ‘Son; do you know what an ego blow that is to a teacher?’ But I did something else of course. For five weeks I’m…
Read MoreIsaac Introduces Himself….
So I guess I should get on it and go ahead and do this blog post. Let’s start off with an introduction. Hi, I’m Isaac Kirwan and I’m the first intern for the crinum lilies. I’m 19, live in Greenville, and I go to Spartanburg Community College for Horticulture. Now most people I talk to…
Read MoreHere are a dozen slides or so of tools — pictures I’ve taken from around the world!
Read MoreMost days, Sugarbear is farm dog who rolls in manure and moves her buried treasures, dead squires, pizza crust, ham bones, from hole to hole thus keeping it secure from the cats, who’s surely just get it while she’s asleep in front of the fireplace, if they wanted a three week old squirrel body. Tough…
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